HEART OF CHRISTIANITY STUDY GUIDE
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Study
Questions – Chapter # 7 1. Marcus Borg says
that the Bible is both personal and political, that it contains implications
for our personal life and our social ethics. Do you agree or disagree and
why? 2. Do you know of
countries that have tried to keep church leaders from evaluating social
policies on the basis of our Biblical principles of ethics and justice? What
are they? 3. What do you believe
the separation of church and state means? 4. How do you think we
can apply the Biblical concerns of caring for the “widow, the orphan, and the
stranger” in our country and our community right now? 5. Christian writer C.
S. Lewis said, “Most of us do not approach the subject of politics to find
out what Christianity says; we approach Christianity in the hope of finding
support for the views of our own party.” What do you think this statement
means? What do you think Dr. Lewis believes should be our approach to our
faith and to our politics? 6. What do you believe
the most pressing justice concerns are in 7. What should the role
of federal and local government be in caring for the poor and vulnerable
(children, the elderly, the mentally ill, those with handicaps)? What should
the role of the church be? 8. Do you believe that
the Bible has any assumptions about our responsibility toward people who are
less fortunate? 9. Someone said, “The
true test of a society’s greatness is in how it treats its most vulnerable
citizens.” Do you agree or disagree and why? How do the words of Jesus in
Matthew 25 apply or not apply: “When you have (cared for) one of the least of
these, my brothers and sisters, you have (cared for) me.” 10. Before our country
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